Final Exam - Practice Questions

Question 1

The prirform lobe includes all of the following structures except:

Answer 1

Entorhinal cortex

Question 2

Which vessel supplies the majority of the lateral side of the cerebrum?

Answer 2

Middle cerebral

Question 3

Which does not supply the medulla?

Answer 3

Anterior inferior cerebellar

Question 4

Disrupting the cholinergic input to the hippocampal formation causes?

Answer 4

Problems remembering lists

Question 5

Which term refers to an increased resistance to passive movement?

Answer 5

Rigidity

Question 6

Climbing fibers in the cerebellum originate from?

Answer 6

Inferior olivary nucleus

Question 7

Which cerebellar nucleus is biggest in humans?

Answer 7

Dentate

Question 8

I’m trying to get a glass of water and my hand trembles more and more as it gets closer to the glass. What is the problem?

Answer 8

Lesion in the basal ganglia

Question 9

Which of the following nerves has an autonomic component?

Answer 9

Oculomotor

Question 10

“Autonomic” afferents ___?

Answer 10

All of the above

Question 11

In the movie “Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail”, the characters run away from a big scary bunny rabbit. In this instance, their ___ was being used.

Answer 11

Sympathetic nervous system

Question 12

Preganglionic sympathetic fibers __?

Answer 12

Are myelinated

Question 13

The fornix originates in the ___ and ends in the ___?

Answer 13

Fimbria of the hippocampus, mammillary bodies

Question 14

Where are the postganglionic sympathetic cell bodies located?

Answer 14

Near the target organ

Question 15

Which of the following systems cannot be mapped in the brain?

Answer 15

Olfactory

Question 16

The inner (direct) loop of the basal ganglia motor pathway does not include which structures?

Answer 16

Subthalamus

Question 17

All of the following may be classified as association thalamic nuclei except:

Answer 17

Ventral anterior

Question 18

Which of the following produce melatonin?

Answer 18

Pineal body

Question 19

Sensory structures in the medulla are located ___ to the sulcus limitans, but in the spinal cord they are ___?

Answer 19

Lateral, dorsal

Question 20

Structures that are phylogenetically old are most important for?

Answer 20

Survival reflex

Question 21

Neurons can communicate with each other ___.

Answer 21

Both

Question 22

I have an electrode stuck in my brain that is attached to a button. I enjoy pressing this button so much I would rather push it than eat and sleep. What structure is the electrode probably stimulating?

Answer 22

Septal area

Question 23

The temporal lobe includes?

Answer 23

Auditory cortex

Question 24

The olfactory glomeruli contain fibers (axons or dendrites) from all of the following except?

Answer 24

Granule cells

Question 25

The olfactory tract is an outgrowth from the ___.

Answer 25

Telencephalon

Question 26

These neurons are replaced about every two months.

Answer 26

Olfactory nerves

Question 27

Some mitral cell axons at the ___.

Answer 27

Anterior commissure

Question 28

Which olfactory stria is primarily responsible for the perception of odor?

Answer 28

Medial

Question 29

Only the ___ axon extends outside of the cerebellar cortex.

Answer 29

Purkinje cell